View Full Version : RX-8 on Speed Channel


Socr8tes
08-23-2008, 03:56 PM
101 Cars You Must Drive new episode, "Wankles and Wankers", airs Monday 8/25 at 9:00PM ET.

pdxhak
08-23-2008, 04:11 PM
Sweet! I will have to make sure I get home in time to watch it. Thanks for the post :)

robrecht
08-23-2008, 04:26 PM
TiVo set. Thanks.

ezrider55
08-23-2008, 04:42 PM
DVR set
Thanks:)

CyberPitz
08-23-2008, 05:13 PM
Don't have it :(

Hopefully someone hosts it!

Gauge
08-23-2008, 07:06 PM
Posted this last night in the Lounge lol

Socr8tes
08-23-2008, 08:24 PM
Posted this last night in the Lounge lol

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Gauge
08-23-2008, 08:55 PM
Just letting you know it was a repost....

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Razz1
08-23-2008, 09:23 PM
sweet!

Jedi54
08-23-2008, 10:59 PM
i'll have to check it out

chiketkd
08-24-2008, 10:29 AM
Thanks for the heads up. :)

Atilla
08-24-2008, 11:48 AM
someone host this on youtube!11

i won't be home

alnielsen
08-24-2008, 11:56 AM
It will be shown at:
8/25 @ 9:00 PM
8/26 @ 1:00 AM & 9:00 AM
9/01 @ 1:00 AM

all times Eastern

Daemos
08-24-2008, 12:39 PM
I don't have cable right now =( someone want to host it?

robrecht
08-24-2008, 06:46 PM
I don't have cable right now =( someone want to host it?I can't host it, but I will be able to upload a TiVo file or Windows Mobile file to someone with an FTP site.

secret_squirrel
08-24-2008, 06:54 PM
Someone please post on Youtube for all the poor losers stuck in the desert! hahahaha.:lol:

faboo
08-24-2008, 08:11 PM
youtube...high quality..

thnx

lesper4
08-24-2008, 08:36 PM
yeah just head about this the other day. I think they are talking about the 70 car that won at the 24 hours of daytona this year.

Easy_E1
08-24-2008, 08:37 PM
I saw the ad today. "Let me show you my Wankle"

yale02
08-24-2008, 09:21 PM
someone put this on youtube! I'll be at work of all places... Boo!

Razz1
08-24-2008, 10:22 PM
Remember got to watch this.

CyberPitz
08-24-2008, 11:00 PM
I'm actually curious to hear what they have to say now! THANKS RX8CLUB, YOU RUINED MY LIFE!

Spiritforlife
08-25-2008, 12:08 AM
Man I don't have that channel
Dammmnn!!! hehehehe

SideOfBacon
08-25-2008, 08:23 AM
MythTV setup and ready to roll in case I am not home to catch it.

jones75254
08-25-2008, 02:48 PM
someone put this on youtube! I'll be at work of all places... Boo!

Yeah me too, fu^&ers.

devildog1679
08-25-2008, 08:06 PM
:lol: Damn, that guy knows nothing about the RX-8. He said it would outrun a 350z and infinity G37. He even said it was one of the fastes production cars ever made Now I can't beleive anything else this guy ever says. Bad info

Falken
08-25-2008, 08:06 PM
Damn, that guy knows nothing about the RX-8. He sadi it would outrun a 350z and infinity G37. Now I can't beleive anything else this guy ever says. Bad info

You beat me to it. Wouldn't it be nice if that were true....

devildog1679
08-25-2008, 08:07 PM
You beat me to it. Wouldn't it be nice if that were true....

Yea, I ran to be the first :)

chancejat
08-25-2008, 08:08 PM
omg...this guy is a moron....

Falken
08-25-2008, 08:09 PM
Yea, I ran to be the first :)

By like...30 seconds. I paused to eat my reeses cup.

Rotary Mike
08-25-2008, 08:09 PM
Yea, I ran to be the first :)

I'm watching it right now. I've watched all of the episodes, he is fed a lot of bad info.

An RX-8 could outrun a 350Z and G37....on the worlds tightest track! :lol:

It's cool they found a NSU to drive

TeeFar
08-25-2008, 08:11 PM
he said the RX8 engine was "perfect"
http://i34.tinypic.com/b507zb.gif

Rotary Mike
08-25-2008, 08:17 PM
I love the Mark IV Corvette.

"GM discovered that while the Rotary made great power, it was a gas hog..."

Yeah, not exactly the best car for 1974

devildog1679
08-25-2008, 08:21 PM
H said the engine was efficiant, well I guess 238hp from 1.3 l is but not 16mpg from 1.3L :)

gundarx
08-25-2008, 08:29 PM
Haha that was the most optimistic review of the 8 I ever saw.. and the one thing he didn't like were the suicide doors :lol:

devildog1679
08-25-2008, 08:32 PM
There is going to be alot of talk on the 350Z and G37 forums.

lilring
08-25-2008, 08:38 PM
i like how he didnt say anything about how bad the gas is and hasnt improved at all since it was first introduced in 1957.. and "its the fastest sports car" lol.. what is he smoking. lol.. but he is right about the back seat and rear doors.. sport cars dont need them but it is nice once in a while.. Even on top of that he said it has a PERFECT WANKEL in it. lol.. i guess he doesnt know that they like to blow up.

mulkio
08-25-2008, 08:42 PM
not a word about great handling, or wonderful sound from engine ,or crappy mpg

i dont think he drove it more than 5 minutes , just long enough to film

FAIL

chrism
08-25-2008, 08:48 PM
who the hell wrote his script?

lilring
08-25-2008, 08:49 PM
^ who ever wrote it.. sucks...

heyarnold69
08-25-2008, 09:01 PM
That was the worst script ever!!!! no rx7? and there was an rx1 and that wasnt it! grrrrr!

Razz1
08-25-2008, 09:05 PM
funny, I didn't see a damn thing tonight.

lilring
08-25-2008, 09:15 PM
i thought for sure they would have an FD on there.. but no. that kinda sucked.

JRichter
08-25-2008, 09:33 PM
LOL, that was the funniest shit I've ever seen. I had to keep looking at the car to make sure he was talking about an RX-8. He could at least act like he knew anything about the car or any cars for that matter. That's the last time I watch that show. lol

Vyndictive
08-25-2008, 09:53 PM
Yea. . . I made sure to DVR this.

I agree. There is a reason most of us have probably never heard of this show before. It was stupid. That guy didn't know anything about reviewing cars. It seemed like this guy never even read a car and driver article in his life.

Don't get my wrong. I love my 8. But I know it has short comings. Its not "fast" like a 350Z - meaning in a straight line - and if the rotary is so perfect.... why is the rx8 the only car in production with one? If it were that much better, someone else would try one.

It almost makes me feel like we're the idiots that want so much to be different that we have an engine that is cool, but not nearly the best option for the type of car we want to drive.

Vyndictive
08-25-2008, 09:55 PM
Also - Did the host remind anyone else of Flava Flav?


"Yeeaaaaa Boooyyyyyy!"


That show sucked. I'll stick with top gear on BBC

TeeFar
08-25-2008, 10:22 PM
Also - Did the host remind anyone else of Flava Flav?


"Yeeaaaaa Boooyyyyyy!"



??? No?

RK
08-25-2008, 10:37 PM
Random. Kinda neat to see them use a 09. And the vette was cool. But he was so wrong about the 8 it probably wasn't even a chevy...

j_tso
08-25-2008, 11:53 PM
and there was an rx1 and that wasnt it! grrrrr!
But he was so wrong about the 8 it probably wasn't even a chevy...
what just happened?

robrecht
08-26-2008, 05:24 AM
Pretty lame, but at least it was kind of nice to see him drive an NSU Spider. Then the Checker Cabs came on and I thought, no way they had rotary engines!

PBlue
08-26-2008, 08:34 AM
That was the wanker part.
Actually i thought there wasnt a rx1, there was a rx2, rx3, rx4 (Luce) etc but the 1 was called R100.
But the guy is an idiot, After watching topgear at 8, he is a disappointment at 9. Nice things he said, untrue though they may be. He's probably the 2nd worst car show host after the "car crazy" meguiar's guy. Still the show aint bad if you watch it on mute. except for the fact that "101 cars you must drive"?? Who the hell can drive the vette. Theres only ONE with the original rotary and its in a museum. Unless you're a master theif and master mechanic, you aint driving it.

JTtheDude
08-26-2008, 11:33 AM
I agree that it was a horrible review, after the first commercial I knew they were done talking about the 8. Can they please get a better host than a comedian from Last Comic Standing? I love the comment about how it will outrun Z's and G35's, he obviously doesn't know what he's talking about.

knicks1984
08-26-2008, 12:44 PM
Damn it! i missed it, i'll catch it tonight then.

CyberPitz
08-26-2008, 12:54 PM
From the sounds of it, I'm not missing much...hmmm.

chiketkd
08-28-2008, 08:56 AM
From the sounds of it, I'm not missing much...hmmm.
Not much at all. Nice to see the RX-8 get air time though.